The Conestoga Valley Education Foundation (CVEF) awarded more than $32,239 in spring grants that will benefit students, staff, and teachers across the Conestoga Valley School District. The six grants were approved at the April 7 grant committee meeting. CVEF awards grants every fall and spring.
The approved grants from the 2022 spring cycle were awarded for HoverBar Duo iPad stands at Conestoga Valley High School (CVHS), a Ninja Sensory Path at Brownstown Elementary, a functional classroom at CVHS, a programmable control with drones at Conestoga Valley Middle School (CVMS), increasing engagement with QBalls in the classroom at CVMS, and offering voice and video equipment to students throughout the district.
Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, all CVHS students will be assigned iPads instead of the current laptops. The HoverBar Duo iPad stands will be used by the Family and Consumer Sciences Department to allow more versatility in the kitchens. iPad stands will be purchased for each kitchen, and students will use their electronic tablets to record their skills for evaluation and to access digital resources such as recipes and online video demonstrations.
The purpose of the Ninja Sensory Path is to create a safe space for students to refocus when they may need an extra break outside of the traditional classroom setting. Students occasionally need extra time to process big emotions and feelings; the path will give students the ability to work through some of these feelings. The path will include multifunctional movement and sensory areas designed to target the different body zones and promote good self-regulation.
The functional classroom will help CVHS students to prepare for life outside of CVHS by offering more hands-on experiences intended to prepare students to be contributors in their household or in their living space. This grant will allow for the purchase of a bed and bedding to teach students about making and stripping a bed, a table and chairs to teach proper table etiquette and how to set a table, and a dresser and hangers to teach proper hanging and folding of clothing. The furniture will also be used to teach dusting, and a rug will enable to students to learn to vacuum properly.
Sixteen Ryze Tello Quadcopters will be purchased for the new sixth-grade technology education program. The drones can be flown manually utilizing an electronic tablet or can be programmed using block logic coding or more advanced JavaScript coding. By building these skills, students will seek to understand concepts in programmable logic as well as math.
The QBall is a durable, throwable, soft, wireless microphone that allows all members of the classroom to engage in conversation. The grant would allow for the purchase of 10 QBalls to be used in grades six to eight. The QBalls allow classroom teachers to incorporate public speaking with kinesthetics and gives students opportunities to share and learn and have their voices heard.
Podcaster equipment kits will be made available in each building to facilitate student creativity and engagement. Green screens, microphones, grip stands, sound shield vocal reflection filters, and other audio/visual equipment is included in the kits. Students in all grade levels will have the ability to produce video projects, including oral presentations and short films. Kits will be geared to the elementary level or the middle and high school levels, depending on which school they will be sent to.
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